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Probability of Collisions
Igor Novak
National University of Singapore, Department of Chemistry, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, SINGAPORE

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July 1998
Vol. 75 No. 7
p. 852

Abstract
The problem of three vs. two body molecular and atomic collisions in the gas phase is discussed using probability theory and Maxwell distribution law for hard spheres. The purpose of the note is to demonstrate (as quantitatively as possible) the low probability of three body collisions under STP.
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*  Citation
Novak, Igor. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 852.
*  Keywords
Physical Chemistry, Gases, Teaching/Learning Aids
*  History
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